Lazarević Лазаревић |
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Country | Serbia |
Parent house | Nemanjić dynasty |
Titles | Prince, Despot |
Founded | 1371 |
Founder | Lazar Hrebeljanović |
Final ruler | Stefan Lazarević |
Dissolution | 1427 |
Ethnicity | Serbian |
The Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазаревић, pl. Lazarevići / Лазаревићи, pronounced [lazǎːrɛv̞itɕ]) was a Serbian medieval royal family, which ruled Moravian Serbia and the Serbian Despotate.
The dynasty began with Lazar Hrebeljanović, son of Pribac Hrebeljanović-a noble at the court of Dušan the Mighty. Lazar married Milica, supposedly a member of the reigning Nemanjić dynasty, and was later given the title "Knez" by Serbian Emperor Uroš the Weak. He gained lands in Central Serbia and through his ties with the Nemanjićs he became the regent of Moravian Serbia. In the Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire, Lazar was killed and Serbia became a vassal state, leading to the end of Serbian sovereignty.
Rulers of Moravian Serbia from 1371 to 1427.
Lazar married Milica (Милица) in around 1353 and issued at least seven children: